In 1861, Pinkerton discovered an assassination plot that was to transpire against Abraham Lincoln while, he was working a railroad investigation. Once, Abraham was made aware of the plot to have him killed he changed his plans for his traveling. It was later offered by Abraham to Pinkerton to start a secret service to collect military information in the Civil War. By 1865, Pinkerton had established business with the Secret Service in fighting counterfeiting. By 1870’s Pinkerton detective agency had the
Here is the biography of Allan Pinkerton. Allan Pinkerton was born August 25, 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland. Allan Pinkerton dies on July 1, 1884. His father was a police Sergeant and passed away when Allan was a small child. The death of his father took a toll on his family it left them living in poverty, which lead Allan to become a cooper by trade.
Biography" (2012), “shadowing” and according to "Allen Pinkerton. Biography" (2012), “undercover work”, shadowing being a form of knowing how to follow someone without being noticed and undercover work, being able to play role as an officer. In 1861, he was appointed head of the Union Intelligence Service; his agency is responsible for unfolding an attempt to assassinate Abraham Lincoln while in route to the inauguration ("Allen Pinkerton. Biography", 2012). During the Civil War, Pinkerton worked as a undercover agent in the Confederate army that gathered intelligence for the military.
One of the first contracts included investigation of counterfeiting and protecting the Post Office from robbery. (The Library of Congress, 2012) Allan Pinkerton formed the Pinkerton Protective Patrol in 1858. The small group consisted of uniformed night watchmen who offered night protection through contracts with businesses. During this time Pinkerton patrols were used by the mayor of Chicago to supplement existing police efforts. (Clifford, 2004) As the United States expanded its business, so did the private security industry.
Bio of Allan Pinkerton CJS 250 October 2, 2011 Bio of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was born on August 15, 1819 in Glasgow Scotland. His father was a police sergeant in Glasgow and he died when Allan was a young child. Allan Pinkerton grew up and come to be a barrel maker; he additionally became caught up in Chartism. Chartism stood as a movement that ought political and social reform. Pinkerton remained an abolitionist, someone not in favor of slavery.
Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”: Reality vs. Illusion Ambrose Bierce’s short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” gives the reader an insight look on what is reality and what is illusion. Set during the American Civil War, Peyton Farquhar, a strong supporter of the Confederacy, is fixed to be hang to death from Owl Creek Bridge by the Union. The story opens up with Farquhar standing at the bridge’s edge. A flashback in the story reveals that a Union soldier disguised as a Confederate soldier lures Farquhar to demolish the bridge, but Farquhar is caught in the act.
Allan J. Pinkerton was born in 1819, Glasgow, Scotland. He was the son of a policeman who by the time of his birth could no longer work due to injuries stastined in the job. Because of his father’s inability to provide for the family, Allan had to start to support his family at a young age. His first work was as an apprentice barrel maker. But it was during his apperenticance as a barrel maker, he run into some local trouble with local authorities, over his membership, in a Chartist movement (an organization that was dedicated to the improvement of universal suffrage and fighting for better working conditions for the poor.)
The Ku Klux Klan is a secret terrorist organization. They led underground resistance against the civil rights and political power of the newly freed slaves during the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War. The Klan was founded in 1866 in Pulaski Tennessee by Confederate veterans. It was meant to be a fraternity, social club; the Ku Klux Klan was reconstructed along the political and racial lines, a year later in Nashville, Tennessee. The Klan is sometimes called the Invisible Empire.
Hunter was a Scottish man born February 13, 1728. The youngest of ten, he grew up on a farm with his siblings. Ironically, for the most part he disliked school and hated books. After his father’s death in 1741, John dropped out of school. At around 20 years of age he began to work alongside his older brother William Hunter, a well-known Obstetrician.
Dickens wrote these novels to make the Victorian audience aware of problems in society such as poverty and injustice both of which Dickens experienced in his life. When Dickens was twelve he was made aware of his social class when his father was made bankrupt and, as a consequence, Dickens had to be removed from education and was sent to work in a blacking factory to help support his family. The relationship between Pip and the convict changes dramatically from chapter one to chapter thirty nine. In chapter one we learnt that Abel Magwitch is an escaped convict running from the authorities and that he is currently hiding out in the graveyard near to young Pip’s home. At this point in the novel we can see that the circumstances in which the escaped convict finds himself could not be worse.